Today.Az » Politics » Political scientist Sergey Markedonov: "In case military actions in Nagorno Karabakh are renewed it will be difficult for Russia to make a choice"
23 May 2008 [15:34] - Today.Az
Russia attempts to conduct diversified policy regarding Armenia and Azerbaijan, consider Sergey Markedonov, chief of department of problems of international relations under the Institute of Political and Military Analysis.
"I think the choice has already been done. Azerbaijan is called the strategic ally and Azerbaijan is strategic partner of Russia. The word "ally" has a shade of greater closeness. By military and economic parameters Russia is closer to Armenia", said the Russian political scientist to journalists in Yerevan on May 23.
Markedonov noted that Azerbaijan and Russia also have common problems, which are Daghestan border and Caspian problem, which can not be settled without Azerbaijan.
According to him, "in case military actions in Nagorno Karabakh are renewed, it will be difficult for Russia to decide".
"This will be a terrible situation, as Russia will need to make a choice and I fear it will not be so correct. Of course, we would not like to make a choice", said the political scientist.
At the same time, Markedonov noted that possibility of renewal of military actions exists due to the active process of conflicts unfreezing on the post-Soviet area, which is promoted by the situation in Kosovo.
/Novosti-Armenia/
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